In her column for the News, Lucy Frazer, MP for South East Cambridgeshire, talks about what she thinks of Brexit and why we need to respect the outcome of the national vote.
"Brexit is back in the headlines, not that it’s ever been very far away. The Supreme Court ruling of last week determined that the Prime Minister may not trigger article 50 (the only mechanism for a member state to leave the European Union) without an act of parliament.
"In its ruling, the Supreme Court pointed out that it was determining a legal point rather than a political one and that the case had nothing to do 'with issues such as the wisdom of the decision to withdraw from the EU, the terms of withdrawal, the timetable or arrangements for withdrawal, or the details of any future relationship with the EU.' So what happens now?
"As a result of the ruling, the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill was published and given its first reading last Thursday, 26 January 2017 and is being debated this week in the House of Commons, starting with an extended sitting till midnight on Tuesday, January 31.
"The Brexit Secretary, David Davis MP has said about the Bill, 'it will be the most straightforward Bill possible to give effect to the decision of the people and respect the Supreme Court’s judgment. The purpose of the Bill is simply to give the Government the power to invoke article 50 and begin the process of leaving the European Union. That is what the British people voted for, and it is what they would expect.'
"The Bill is then expected to be considered in a committee of the whole House next week and will then go to the House of Lords. If the Lords amend the Bill, it will then return to the House of Commons but the aim is that the Bill be passed in time for the Government to meet its goal of triggering Article 50 by 31 March 2017.
"I voted to remain in the European Union but we live in a democracy and that means we have to respect the outcome of a national vote. We must now focus on getting the best deal, for us both locally and nationally."